Synopsis:

The event is placed in the Balkans (Macedonia), in 2000, time where the old and the new are interlaced; traditional with modern, western with Balkan, patriarchal with globalization. Iliri, an Albanian who have migrated in the western countries, in Germany, meets there and decides to marry a German woman, Sabine. Because of the procedures, they decide this act of marriage to be done in Macedonia where Ilir will present his spouse to his family. Uncle Syla, Iliri’s father, a traditional old man, faces with what he never wanted to be faced with; his only son to marry a non-Albanian woman. Facing in one side with the paternity feeling and on the other side with a tradition, uncle Syla allows Ilir and Sabine to come home, but according to the Albanian tradition, they cannot sleep together in uncle Syla’s house until they get marry.The old woman, uncle Syla’s spouse and Ilir’s mother, finds herself in a triangle; her husband, who in the same time is her God, her only son Ilir, and Sabine, who even though is not an Albanian woman as she wanted her to be, she is her son’s chosen one. Iliri’s return after seven years of absence brings difficulties not only for the uncle but for Bardha as well, a girl of his birth town, to whom he promised to marry before leaving for Germany. On the other side, Ilir’s act to marry a German woman, all the youths of the village admire because they all dream for such marriage as a solution to the social problems. Sabina, who for the first time comes in Kosovo, is curious to know how she’s going to be welcomed by Ilir’s family.Europe’s recent history. He had been indicted by a War Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity, but when an envoy from The Hague (Padraic Delaney) comes looking for an internal witness – Nikola Radin, alas The General (Bruno Ganz) - the problems begin. Getting out of the wilderness is not easy as no one wants The General to testify against Pantic, whom they perceive as their national hero. The bloody men-hunt will give a life-changing lesson to the young envoy who will understand that there are many more shades to what he thought was a black and white picture.